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  • Crunch time for dig trust

    THE archaeological trust responsible for excavating Newport's med-ieval ship will tomorrow learn whether the council will save it from insolvency. The Gwent and Glamorgan Archaeological Trust (GGAT) met Newport council officers and solicitors on Wednesday

  • Welsh youngsters gain great experience

    MARK Hughes and the Welsh senior team will be the eventual beneficiaries of Wales Under-17s' 'vital learning experience' in Spain last week, insists Peter Nicholas. Nicholas, manager of Wales' Under-17 outfit, says the Welsh youngsters will become better

  • It's fish and tiffs!

    A GROUP of Newport mums could find their cars being fish-and-shipped away - because of a parking row with a local chippie. Mums using the CJ's chippie car park in Malpas while they pick up their tots from Pillmawr playgroup found their cars clamped on

  • Council offers parents hope

    THE Argus campaign to end a cruel ruling which bans mementoes on children's graves was yesterdaygiven a second major boost. Newport city council is bowing to public pressure - bringing in a new policy for what is allowed to be placed on graves in the

  • Howarth blow for Newport

    SHANE Howarth is out of the Newport team for Saturday's Welsh League Premier Division game against crisis club Swansea at Rodney Parade. Howarth, set to return to New Zealand in the summer, injured a knee in training and is having a precautionary scan

  • Moffett shreds up loyalty contracts

    WELSH rugby has been thrown into more chaos by the surprise decision of WRU group chief executive David Moffett (pictured) to tear up the loyalty agreements with the premier clubs at the end of this season. It is his latest, and most controversial, move

  • Howarth blow for Newport

    SHANE Howarth is out of the Newport team for Saturday's Welsh League Premier Division game against crisis club Swansea at Rodney Parade. Howarth, set to return to New Zealand in the summer, injured a knee in training and is having a precautionary scan

  • Neighbours tell of shock at M4 horror

    NEIGHBOURS last night paid tribute to Newport man Tom Fisher who died in an horrific crash motorway crash. Mr Fisher, aged 60, from the Alway area of Newport, died on Tuesday when the Ford Ka he was in was involved in an accident with two other cars,

  • Moffett shreds up loyalty contracts

    WELSH rugby has been thrown into more chaos by the surprise decision of WRU group chief executive David Moffett (pictured) to tear up the loyalty agreements with the premier clubs at the end of this season. It is his latest, and most controversial, move

  • MP tells of threat to steel jobs

    NEWPORT West MP Paul Flynn warned last night that if more steel jobs are lost the effect would be "devastating" on Welsh communities. He told the government that all Welsh MPs were looking to ministers in London and Cardiff to do their utmost to ensure

  • Fowler: We have a real six-pointer

    MIDFIELDER Mike Fowler (pictured) cannot underestimate Newport County's forthcoming Dr Martens Premier Division double-header with Cambridge City and Halesowen. "They are massive games," said the 22-year-old. "No doubt about it, we need to win them."

  • Palace rape claim shock

    AN allegation of male rape in the Prince of Wales' household made by a Newport man should not have dismissed so easily, a report said today. Former royal servant George Smith, of Malpas, claimed in 1996 that he had been the victim of rape by one of the

  • Cleaning up the 'bin bag' river

    A LITTER clean-up is under way to clean up the rivers of the Gwent Valleys by the Keep Wales Tidy campaign. Yesterday contractors tackled the riverbanks of the Sirhowy River in Ynysddu, plucking a large collection of bollards, bed springs and bin bags

  • Gang leaders promise police to behave

    FOUR teenage gang leaders signed good behaviour contracts, ending months of misery for a Valleys town. Teen gangs caused mayhem in Abercarn congregating in large numbers outside stores, swearing at locals and causing vandalism. Between October 1, 2002

  • 'Poachers' pack bags for Kabul

    CHEPSTOW-based troops packed their bags for a six- month tour of duty on the streets of the Afghan capital Kabul. Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion of The Royal Anglian Regiment - known as the Poachers - are backing a multi-national peacekeeping force.

  • Puzzle over arts cash

    THE Arts Council for Wales has unveiled 'housekeeping' plans aimed at broadening support and increasing funding to Welsh arts over the next five years. But, at an official unveiling ceremony at which several references were made to cash increases for

  • Dredge gives up on Masters

    BRADLEY Dredge (pictured) has given up any hope of qualifying for the prestigious Masters in Augusta this year by staying at home in Blackwood and watching the European Tour's latest event on the television. Blackwood-raised Dredge has decided not to

  • Kasper takes a break

    AUSTRALIAN fast bowler Mike Kasprowicz will be one of two Glamorgan players absent when the squad report back for pre-season training at Sophia Gardens tomorrow. Kasprowicz has had another outstanding season back home and is one of Australia's leading